UJC

UJC

The Urban Justice Center serves New York City's most vulnerable residents through a combination of direct legal service, systemic advocacy, community education and political organizing. Our 11 Projects assist clients on numerous levels, from one-on-one legal advice in soup kitchens, to filing class action lawsuits to bring about systemic change, to pushing social justice legislation forward.
ASAP

The Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (ASAP) works to end the wrongful detention and deportation of refugee women and children in the United States. ASAP amplifies the traditional legal services model through creative use of technology, an international network of engaged volunteers, and innovative approaches to community building and partnership.
CAP

The Corrections Accountability Project is an innovative initiative dedicated to tearing down the commercial wall that blocks criminal justice reform and clearing the road for lasting transformational change. We work to eliminate the perverse influence of financial interests on our criminal justice system and end the exploitation of those it touches.
CDP

CDP provides legal, participatory research and policy support to strengthen the work of grassroots and community-based groups in New York City to dismantle racial, economic and social oppression.
DVP

Our mission at the Domestic Violence Project (DVP) is to help victims of domestic violence and their children live free of violence and abuse. We consider domestic violence in any type of relationship, regardless of gender or sexual identity, to be a human rights violation.

Be heard. Be free.
HRP

The Human Rights Project (“HRP”), a project of the Urban Justice Center, works at both the local and national levels to equip advocates with information and tools to promote domestic compliance with universally accepted human rights standards.
IRAP

The International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) organizes law students and lawyers to develop and enforce a set of legal and human rights for refugees and displaced persons. Mobilizing direct legal aid and systemic policy advocacy, IRAP serves the world's most persecuted individuals and empowers the next generation of human rights leaders.
MHP

The Mental Health Project of the Urban Justice Center is a team of attorneys, social workers and advocates dedicated to enforcing the rights of low-income New Yorkers with mental illness. We represent individual clients, bring class action lawsuits, and engage in community education and outreach with the belief that low-income people with mental illness are entitled to live stable and full lives, free from discrimination.
PCYP

Founded in 1994, PCYP is an innovative legal services project focusing on the civil legal needs of the thousands of homeless and street-involved lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQQ) young people in New York City. PCYP works to interrupt the cycles of poverty and criminalization that prevent LGBTQQ young people from living fulfilling lives free from discrimination, abuse, and oppression. We have built unique expertise in the complex legal issues facing marginalized young people at the crossroads of youth and adult systems.
SNP

Casting a wider social safety net for all New Yorkers.
SVP

The Street Vendor Project is a membership-based project with more than 1,500 active vendor members who are working together to create a vendors’ movement for permanent change. We want more power and more respect. We are part of the Urban Justice Center, a non-profit organization that provides legal representation and advocates for marginalized New Yorkers.
SWP

Created in December 2001, the Sex Workers Project is the first program in New York City and in the country to focus on the provision of legal services, legal training, documentation, and policy advocacy for sex workers.
VAP

The Veteran Advocacy Project at the Urban Justice Center provides free legal services to low-income veterans, with a focus on those living with Post Traumatic Stress, Traumatic Brain Injury, and substance abuse problems.

OVER THE LAST YEAR, WE CLOSED 12,739 CASES, BENEFITING 22,938 PEOPLE – AND SAVING THE GOVERNMENT NEARLY $35 MILLION!

The Urban Justice Center serves New York City's most vulnerable residents through a combination of direct legal service, systemic advocacy, community education and political organizing. Our 12 Projects assist clients on numerous levels, from one-on-one legal advice in soup kitchens, to filing class action lawsuits to bring about systemic change, to pushing social justice legislation forward.

Our Ground Breaking Reports

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Young Professional Network

The Urban Justice Center’s Young Professional Network (YPN) is a...

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About UJC

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Press

CDP: Two Filipina domestic workers for German diplomat were overworked, underpaid: lawsuit NY Daily News8/2/2017 Two Filipina domestic workers were underpaid by their German diplomat boss for 90-hour weeks...
VAP: Inside Trump’s Snap Decision to Ban Transgender Troops Politico7/27/2017 A congressional fight over sex reassignment surgery threatened funding for his border wall.
VAP: Transgender Ban: America and its Military Always Learn to Regret Discrimination USA Today7/27/2017 Robert Cuthbert, former manager of VAP's Pro Bono Discharge Upgrade Clinic, writes about...
IRAP: How a 30-person nonprofit is helping refugees around the world Dropbox Blog7/20/2017 In honor of World Refugee Day, IRAP announced its partnership with Dropbox and released two...
CDP: Draft Housing Plan for East Harlem Frustrates Stakeholders City Limit7/4/2017 As City Limits reported on Wednesday, there are East Harlemites who oppose a rezoning of any...
IRAP: Know Your Rights: Immigration & Asylum in the US under the Executive Order Thomson Reuters Foundation7/3/2017 In reaction to the refugee ban Executive Order, IRAP's legal team put together a "...
IRAP: For Abused, Gay Iraqi in Turkey, U.S. Refugee Freeze Is Cruelest Hit The New York Times7/1/2017 After the Supreme Court granted a partial stay of the refugee ban, our client, Mohammed - a...
CDP: NYC rent board approves 1.25% increase after two-year freeze, tenants slam the decision Daily News6/27/2017 Tenants in the city's 1 million rent stabilized apartments will see their monthly...